Andreessen Horowitz raises $15 billion, as VC firm goes big in infrastructure, defense

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Sept. 13, 2016. San Francisco Chronicle/hearst Newspapers Via Getty Images | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has raised $15 billion to bolster bets across an array of areas including infrastructure, health and what the it calls “American Dynamism,” […]

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Russian APT28 Runs Credential-Stealing Campaign Targeting Energy and Policy Organizations

Jan 09, 2026Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Threat Intelligence Russian state-sponsored threat actors have been linked to a fresh set of credential harvesting attacks targeting individuals associated with a Turkish energy and nuclear research agency, as well as staff affiliated with a European think tank and organizations in North Macedonia and Uzbekistan. The activity has been […]

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CISA Retires 10 Emergency Cybersecurity Directives Issued Between 2019 and 2024

Jan 09, 2026Ravie LakshmananGovernment / Vulnerability Management The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday said it’s retiring 10 emergency directives (Eds) that were issued between 2019 and 2024. The list of the directives now considered closed is as follows – Stating that these directives were issued with an intent to safeguard Federal […]

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Cybersecurity Predictions 2026: The Hype We Can Ignore (And the Risks We Can’t)

Jan 09, 2026The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Enterprise Security As organizations plan for 2026, cybersecurity predictions are everywhere. Yet many strategies are still shaped by headlines and speculation rather than evidence. The real challenge isn’t a lack of forecasts—it’s identifying which predictions reflect real, emerging risks and which can safely be ignored. An upcoming webinar […]

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Trend Micro Apex Central RCE Flaw Scores 9.8 CVSS in On-Prem Windows Versions

Jan 09, 2026Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Endpoint Security Trend Micro has released security updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities impacting on-premise versions of Apex Central for Windows, including a critical bug that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-69258, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. The […]

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FBI Warns North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing

Jan 09, 2026Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Email Security The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday released an advisory warning of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors leveraging malicious QR codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting entities in the country. “As of 2025, Kimsuky actors have targeted think tanks, academic institutions, and both U.S. and foreign […]

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